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ATI TEAS 6 English and language usage / Updated 2022 Article :- together A word that is used to limit a noun, either indeifnite (a or an) or definite (the) Clause :- A group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a verb Direct object :- The noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb and answers the question whom, or what Phrase :- A group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject Preposition :- A word such as by, at, to, or from that gives additional information, usually in relationship to something else in the sentence Pronoun :- A word that replaces and refers to a noun (its antecedent) *they or them is plural - cannot be used to avoid gendered language Ex: The guy reiterated the possibility of danger to each person as he or she (they) entered the bus. Prepositional phrase :- Usually composed of a preposition, an article and an object of the preposition Subject-verb agreement :- When or or not is used to connect multiple subjects that are singular, a singular verb is required; when and is used, a plural verb is necessary Ex: Neither Mark nor Ann enjoys studying obstetrics, but both Mark and Ann enjoy studying geriatrics. Indirect dialogue :- Tells about what someone said Direct dialogue :- Tells exactly what someone said. Always in quotation marks. - Contains an attributive tag (who said it) followed by a comma, then the quote. -If it is a complete or end of the sentence include punctuation in the quotation. If not, a comma and then the closing quotation marks. -If a question or exclamation mark applies to the whole sentence it goes after the quotation. -The first word of the direct dialogue is capitalized if the quote contains a whole sentence. Coordinating conjunction :- Words that join two or more words, phrases, or clauses so that each conjoined element is equal. -FANBOYS Ex: My mom went shopping yesterday, but she forgot to stop by Fabulous Foods, her favorite grocery store. Subordinating conjunction :- A word that joins two or more clauses and makes the clause that contains it dependent on another clause. -Because, though, although, as, as if, when, while Ex: Although my mom went shopping yesterday, she forgot to stop by Fabulous Foods, her favorite grocery store.

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